Drapery fixture



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Patented Aug. 10, 1948 UNITED sTATes rATgNT ortica Walter H. Toelle andFrank Ulbrich, Wallingford. Conn., assignors to H. L. JuddCompany,Wallingford, Conn., a corporation of lDelaware Application May s,1945,1seria1-N0. 591,53@

Our invention relates to a drapery fixture.

It is 'an object of the invention to provide an improveddrapery fixtureparticularly adaptedfor embodiment Ain a crane. I

It is another object to provide 'a drapery fixture for embodiment in acrane or the like, which is vsturdy in construction so as to hold Aa-rod against sagging and which is relatively simple and cheap tomanufacture.

Otherpbjects are to provide improved details of construction forembodiment in drapery nxtures, particularly though not exclusivelycranes.

lIn the. drawings which show, for illustrative purposes only, apreferred form of the invention Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation of adrapery fixture illustrative of the invention and showing a at rod insection;

Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view, taken substantially in the planes ofthe broken line 2 2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken substantially in the plane of the line3 3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is an isometric view of a plate forming part of a rod bracket;

Fig. 5 is a similar View of a pl-ate or shoe forming another part of aro-d bracket.

Briefly stated, in a. preferred form of the invention I provide a wallbracket to be secured to a wall or window casing and a rod bracket tocarry a, crane arm preferably in the form of a fiat rod. The rod bracketand wall bracket are so connected as by means of a link that the cranearm may be adjusted toward and from the wall and may be adjustedangularly relatively to the wall.

In the specific embodiment illustrated, the wall bracket 5 may consistof a generally U-shaped extension plate E having feet 7 1 to be securedto a wall as by means of screws 8, as will be understood. The U-shapedhorizontally extending arm 5 may be provided with slots 9 foradjustment, as will appear. The wall bracket preferably includes a platelll which may be embraced by the U- shaped arm 6 so that it may be movedin and out of the U-shaped arm 6 and means such as screws |l may bethreaded into tapped apertures in the plate l so that the heads ride onthe arm 6 at the outsides of the slots 9. Thus, when the screws ll areloosened, the plate l0 may be moved horizontally outwardly or inwardlyrelatively to the wall and the plate may be secured in any adjustedposition by tightening up the screws Il. The plate lll has ears forsupporting a, pintle and in the form shown the outer end of 2 Claims.(Cl. 2lb-105.2)

the vplate is 'provided 'with an anguiarly extending Y'ange l2 havingupper and lower horizontally` exten-'ding ears 13 13. A pintle It .issecured between the fears and is preferably in the form of 'a pin`riveted or otherwise secured to the ears lso as to 'stand in a verticalposition duringnormal u'se. v

'Thero'df bracket I 5 supports a crane arm preferably i'n the form' of amore 'or less standard flat rod i6. Such a flat rod may be ofsubstantially c-shaped cross-section and at the rear side lhas alongitudinally extending slot il, asis common. The rod bracket 15, whichsupports? the flatrod lt, preferably includes a flat plate i8 which isof substantially greater width than the slot I'l in the rod so as tofully span the latter and each plate I8 extends longitudinally of therod a suiicient distance to form a relatively rigid support, as will bedescribed. At the inside of the rod is a second plate, or what may betermed a shoe I9, which is of greater width than the slot I1 in the rod,and this shoe I9 extends longitudinally of the rod for a substantialdistance. The plates l8 |9 are secured together as by means of a screw2! an-d are provided with interiitting parts extending through the slot.In the form illustrated, the shoe I9 has outwardly projecting flanges'l-2l, which are of a Width to just t the slot. The other plate I8 isprovided with apertures 22-122 for receiving the ends of the fianges 2l2l. Thus, with the anges 2| 2I of a width to just fit the slot Il nicelyand of a width to substantially fill the diameter of the holes 22-22,there can be no substantial rotation between the rod and the plates I8l9 and since the flanges 2 I 'Z I which resist rotation are spaced aparta considerable distance along the rod, there is little or no tendencyfor the rod to sag when in use. The rod bracket plate l' is preferablyprovided with horizontally extending ears 23 23, which may be formedlike the ears l3 l3 on the wall bracket or, as illustrated, by aseparate U- shaped member 2d, which may be riveted or otherwise securedto the plate I8 as indicated at 25. The ears 23 23 carry a verticallyextending pintle 2li, which may be and preferably is of the samecharacter as the pintle ld and may be riveted or otherwise secured orattached to the ears 23-23.

Now, in order to support the crane arm I6 from the wall bracket, Iemploy a link 2l. The link preferably consists of two plates '28 28which Iare positioned vertically so as to be very stiff to resistsagging of the crane arm. One or both of the plates are formed so as toembrace the pintles M and 26, and in the form illustrated It will beseen that the crane arm may be moved in and out relatively to the wall,rst by adjustment of the wall bracket, if such' an adjustable bracketisemployed, and, second,`by swinging the arm about the pintles. of thecrane arm have been indicated in Fig. 2.

It will be apparent that the crane arm may also be swung angularly if itis desired to have the crane arm positioned angularly relatively to thewall rather than parallel to the wal] as illustrated. The draperyfixture Vis of a sturdy construction, and due to long, verticallyextending pintles and girderlike construction of the link 28, there willbe no sagging of the crane arm regardless of its position of adjustment.

While the invention has been described in considerable detail and apreferred form illustrated, it isto be understood that many changes maybe made within the scope of the invention as defined in the appendedclaims.

VWe claim: i

1. In a device of the character indicated, a Wall ,w` Three positionsbracket including horizontally extending spaced ears, a pintle pinpositioned vertically and held by said ears, a rod bracket havinghorizontally extending spaced ears, a pintle extending vertically andheld by said last mentioned ears, a link for connecting said pintles,said link comprising plates positioned in vertical planes and at theirends embracing said pintles, and means for securing said plates to eachother.

2. In the combination dened in claim 1, means 'for adjusting said wallbracket relatively to the wall, and means for adjusting said rod bracketrelatively to the rod.

' I WALTER H. TOELLE. FRANK R. ULBRICH.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the v le ofthis patent:

Keahey Oct. 9, 1945

